Sentences with phrase «as government policy»

As a government policy adviser in Queensland (Australia), I discovered after having had my promotion blocked several times that I was considered a threat by the most senior officers because of my «honesty, integrity, intellect and analytical rigour.»

So, my new friends from grindr think these homophobic stereotypes masquerading as government policy are complete bullshit, too.

The first moment it was officially validated as government policy came nearly a year ago, during Theresa May's conference speech.

It's absurd as government policy,» Cuomo said.

The Focus E15 campaign has been on the front line of this battle for the past two years and while we congratulate Mr Corbyn on his new position, until he challenges the actions of Labour - run councils as well as government policy, we remain sceptical.

Policymaking also reflects current ideology and background structures power so if we focus too much on impact as government policy change then you make academics into people who service the dominant ideology and the powerful in society.

A series of short reports on over a dozen different products, shows how people's shopping choices - as well as government policy - can protect the environment, enhance social justice and improve health.

It is necessary therefore to evaluate this «ideology» of the market - economy if we have to evaluate the commoditisation of education which is now adopted as the government policy as a part of its policy of giving priority to economic growth.

As government policies adjust to accommodate changing social norms and demographics, employers will have little choice but to seek ways to proactively manage — and leverage — family - friendly benefits.

James Browne, a senior research economist at the IFS who wrote the report, said: «Further reductions in household income are inevitable as government policies aimed at helping to reduce government borrowing from its post-World War II high are introduced.

This analysis will also be useful, in future work, as a basis for understanding, explaining, and designing more sophisticated distribution methods that plan sponsors and financial organizations can use to assist retired households, as well as the government policies that affect those products and strategies.

Both the economic advantage as well as government policies favouring combined heat and power (CHP) generation, renewable energy and technological development are encouraging investment and should ensure the growth of distributed generation.

This governance structure ensures that Infrastructure Ontario's activities are conducted in accordance with relevant statutes, as well as government policies and directives.

Not exact matches

But Bernier's 18 - month tenure as industry minister stands in retrospect as a golden age for this government's business policy.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Considering the sprawling, federated nature of U.S. medicine, experts warn that a combination of government policies and health IT upgrades — as well as prophylactic human measures like changing passwords — will be necessary to keep patients» data safe and health systems functioning.

Despite expectations of higher growth in 2017, the credit ratings agency is concerned with an uptick in government deficit as a result of President - elect Donald Trump's policies.

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

The gap between rich and poor narrowed after World War II as unions negotiated better pay and benefits and as the government enacted a minimum wage and other policies to help the poor and middle class.

«Under - emphasis of these (structural) policies relative to macroeconomic, trade and financial stability policies is a key reason for many governments» failure in recent decades to mobilize a more effective response to widening inequality and stagnating median income as technological change and globalization have gathered force,» the report said.

The index measures 500 consumers» attitudes on future economic prospects, in areas such as personal finances, inflation, unemployment, government policies and interest rates.

As I have explained elsewhere, many of the policies put in place by the Federal government since the election of President Obama in 2008 — banking reform, business regulation, tax policies, and the Affordable Care Act to name a few — have made entrepreneurship more difficult to undertake.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on $ 150 billion in Chinese imports to the United States to punish China for what government officials regard as Beijing's predatory industrial policies and abuse of U.S. intellectual property.

When asked why, the majority cited a continued high unemployment rate as the main reason and government policies as another reason they don't buy economists» views that we left the recession several quarters ago.

As Jay Myers, president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters told the paper, the stable government could» remove some of the partisan and political calculations out of some of these major policy decisions.»

Petronas acknowledged the B.C. government has «brought resolution to key policy matters,» such as establishing a tax regime for LNG firms, detailing offsets for greenhouse gas emissions and gaining support from First Nations.

Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

The policy is not the only reason investment has fallen dramatically, but is a contributing factor, Prentice said in an interview as he urged the government to assess the impact of the changes.

Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure in Canada and Mexico.

THE National Competition Council this week released a comprehensive stocktake of reforms undertaken by various State governments, as part of their yearly review of progress by States in implementing reform under the Hilmer competition policy agenda.

Way back in the winter of 2014, when he was sketching the broad strokes of his agenda as the new leader of the then third - place Liberals, Trudeau spoke in Montréal about how pro-free market economic orthodoxy, put into policy by successive governments over the past few decades, was favouring the rich too much.

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And it must act consistently and holistically with its support and the elimination of economically hostile policies and laws, such as restrictive labor laws, ever - changing tax policies and an almost exclusive emphasis on funding the government for one more month instead of growing the economy.

«This is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that is causing climate change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her government's new policy in Edmonton on Sunday.

All of which, as Salon blogger Andrew Leonard points out, sounds like basic big - government, tax - and - spend Democratic policy.

But «when you're talking about small, medium enterprises, there's a little less pressure — the government doesn't see that as having any way to shape the economy, or cause issues with policy,» he said.

Angus responded by arguing that Chan's role as the company's leading public policy person in Canada means he's in charge of engaging with government on a wide range of business issues that affect Facebook, which has 23 million users in the country and more than two billion worldwide.

The Pakistani government said Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif met with the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday, and in coming days would speak with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson «on the state of play in the bilateral relationship as well as the new U.S. policy on South Asia».

Among its suggestions is a recommendation that all levels of government use procurement programs as a means to support small and medium enterprises and minority - owned businesses, including requiring supplier diversity policies for federal crown corporations and agencies.

As the recent war on cellphone companies and agitation on airline and credit card issues attests to, the current government has seen the wisdom of adopting populist policies.

Chinese engineering companies, banks and shipyards are all muscling into LNG, typically the preserve of Western, Japanese and South Korean players, as government coal - to - gas switching policies make LNG an increasingly strategic fuel.

When an employee takes a government job that requires divesting of assets in order to prevent conflicts of interest — as the role of Treasury Secretary certainly would, and did for the current holder of that office, Steven Mnuchin — J.P. Morgan's policy fast - tracks the vesting of the employee's stock awards.

The mixed messages from the data make any policy tweaks particularly sensitive - especially as China puts the finishing touches to a government transition that began in November and is set to be sealed by March 17 with Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang taking over as president and premier, respectively.

Foreign businesses in China, as well as foreign governments, have long complained about a lack of market access in China and restrictive policies that run counter to its pledges to free up markets.

Get Specific About Foreign Subsidies: Though government activism isn't widely seen as effective in Republican circles, there's plenty of evidence that trade policy has at the very least boosted employment in countries like China and Korea.

India's GDP is currently valued around $ 2 trillion as of 2014, according to the World Bank, and the Indian government - created policy think tank Niti Aayog projects the nation's economy will hit $ 10 trillion in 2032.

«Governments have been elected over the years for putting forward policies that encourage home ownership, and people have in turn viewed it as good policy.»

Many independence supporters cite the Cameron government's budget - slashing policies as one reason they want to leave the United Kingdom.

A new incentive policy backed by Federal and State governments, combined with tangible initiatives such as the Jervoise Bay industrial complex, holds out the promise of more progress in future.

There are always going to be innovators and disruptors as technology accelerates business growth and we believe government needs to be able to work with these innovators to ensure strong and efficient economic policies and an open marketplace.»